I bought Night into the Woods back then because of this music video. Stunning stuff. Finally got around to doing a full playthrough.. And the bridge of this song, man.. The shapes..
Hello. I posted here a long time ago. I come back to this song sometimes, it gives me the most comforting feeling about death. And I know streetlight manifesto have their own more upbeat version of this, but I can't help but feel like the original version does the feeling the most justice. It truly incapsulates humanity's relationship with death in the best way I have ever seen.
Thomas's music has an incredible way of moving me. I truly adore this song, and every song he plays. I've listened to streetlight religiously for over 8 years now, and I cannot overstate what these songs mean to me.
I used to (and still sometimes) get nightly panic attacks and terrors over thinking of death and mortality. It shakes me so badly I sit up in a horrified sweat.. But this song has helped soothe them lately. The idea that lots of real, honest, thinking and feeling people before me believed in something, who’s to say they can’t be right. I don’t know what comes next, and it scares me to my core, but many others walk calmly with me. With that, I might just find the strength to go on.
A few months ago I wanted to end myself. I went to an institution and got help. I'm not at 100% but Faith helps. And this chorus oh this chorus. I love it so much and it gives me hope.
I like to come back to this song every now and then. Despite knowing the lyrics, it always feels like the first time I listen to it. It’s a unique feeling for me.
"oh my god I will hold my tongue and I'll breathe easily, if anyone could say with any sort of certainty that there is is omething to believe" hits so hard I'm an atheist and that sometimes hurts. People talk to me about the afterlife and there I am, with the existential dread of feeling that there's nothing after. I really wish I had that, to feel better about this
I always blast this song to remind me of one of my most closest and cherished friends who was taken far too early by the hands of a murderer. RIP Cody I love you forever.
I did a paper on this song. Considering they referenced Camus in other songs, it seems to me that this song is somewhat about Absurdism. Pretty interesting concept
So for the third time I have come across another version of one of my favourite songs, can't believe I never heard this, it's so funny knowing every lyric when the song is layed out a little differently.
Thank you for sending this song to me, Tyler. Could not believe my last goodbye to you was yesterday. I hope you are at peace... Thank you for helping me fight for my life and through the blood, sweat and tears. Thinking of you... x
I just realized something. The photographer bought the camera after coming home from the war, everything up until that point showed a broken man until that moment when he first saw the camera in the shop and just used it to take simple picture, it was something that brought him out of the war and back to enjoying life; yet sometime down the road he became a crime scene photographer, the hobby that took his mind off his days of violence just brought him right back to it.
And he stepped into traffic to kill himself but his buddy he served with pulled him to safety and was there to talk with him all night at the cafe to make sure he was safe. So much in this video, the premise would make an incredible movie. The importance of friends and community to our mental health, the importance of love and support. This video makes me cry every time
@@Scam_Likely. i don't really see war here. I see a girl who died, possibly from a car crash or something, and a photographer who witnessed it, possibly accidentally. I'm not even really sure he witnessed it, it could be that the girl was photographed and then appeared in a newspaper headline or something. Either way, the man clearly doesn't take the reminder of his own mortality well and has a panic attack, eventually finding his way into the street. To me, the art implies that he didn't really intend on going into the street, he just had a panic attack and wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings. Fortunately, a friend or acquaintance of some kind saves him from getting run over. I don't see the photographer as being ill or suffering PTSD from a war or anything, just not able to come to terms with the memento mori of the girl's death. As for the people with fingers extended out around their ears? I'm not entirely sure. Maybe a look at how he envisions the afterlife or people who have accepted death or crowds who aren't listening to him. I don't see a clear answer but they don't appear like soldiers or like ill people or hospital workers or anything, so I don't think they point to war or disease any more than anything else.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Did you miss the whole sequence at 4:04 that clearly shows him and his friend as soldiers during what looks like WWI and him return home injured, sitting in bed with a cigarette and several bottle on the table next to him? PTSD is obviously a big thing here.
I don’t know where the sun goes every night, every night Or where the moon goes when it’s light, when it’s light I don’t mind, as long as it’s there in time Oh as long as they’re there in time I won't mind, I won't mind, I won't mind No one knows where the soul goes when we die, when we die Some say to nowhere some will say the sky, to the sky It’s all the same, and surely some will find it strange But I prefer the mystery remains Unexplained, unexplained, unexplained [Chorus] Oh my God I will hold my tongue and I’ll breathe Easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty That there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made And I don't care if the ship sinks, and we drown, we can drown Or if the plane crashes straight into the ground, to the ground As long as I Had a chance to close my eyes Had a moment to realize That it was time, it was time, it was time [Chorus] Oh my God I will hold my tongue and I’ll breathe, easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty that there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made Who would’ve thought, we’d fought so long, we started to see Our enemies turned into friends, our friends to enemies and we sat somewhere in the between But I heard someone say they knew that someday that everything would fall into its place And everything would be fine And I really truly honestly without a doubt want to believe that everything will be alright [Chorus] Oh my God I will, hold my tongue and I’ll breathe easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty that there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made
man when i first listened to it i never thought of the lyrics because it was the streetlight version i just vibing but after hearing and reading the lyrics its a pretty depressing song
This song came out at a time in my life where I really needed it. I would listen to it on repeat, over and over again for months. 5 years later, this song still hits me so hard. Thank you
The aesthetics to this music video are just spot on. The colours and the contrasts are fantastic. The art style is beautifully original, and it just works with the song so well. Just on a visual level.
The first time I saw this I thought the shadow with the red particle's was the dead girl, but after a few watches I've realized that it was the photographer. He was haunted by the image of the dead girl, and the inevitability of his own death. He's sick. He doesn't have long. One day he doubles over outside his regular diner, his life flashes before his eyes. He stands at deaths door. But it's not his time. His eyes open and he starts stumbles forward, but his friend catches him before he's hit by the car. They go back to coffee like nothing happened. I fucking love this video
I don't see him as sick. I see him as unable to come to terms with his own mortality. I see his stumbling more as a mental thing rather than a physical one due to illness.
Man. First time re-listening to this in years, and I'm sobbing. This helped me through a tough time, along with the rest of SM's catalogue.
I bought Night into the Woods back then because of this music video. Stunning stuff. Finally got around to doing a full playthrough.. And the bridge of this song, man.. The shapes..
NITW gives so much more context to this video
Hello. I posted here a long time ago. I come back to this song sometimes, it gives me the most comforting feeling about death. And I know streetlight manifesto have their own more upbeat version of this, but I can't help but feel like the original version does the feeling the most justice. It truly incapsulates humanity's relationship with death in the best way I have ever seen.
Thomas's music has an incredible way of moving me. I truly adore this song, and every song he plays. I've listened to streetlight religiously for over 8 years now, and I cannot overstate what these songs mean to me.
I finally got to see streetlight in july when they were in denver best night of my life
Just beautiful
what
I used to (and still sometimes) get nightly panic attacks and terrors over thinking of death and mortality. It shakes me so badly I sit up in a horrified sweat.. But this song has helped soothe them lately. The idea that lots of real, honest, thinking and feeling people before me believed in something, who’s to say they can’t be right. I don’t know what comes next, and it scares me to my core, but many others walk calmly with me. With that, I might just find the strength to go on.
A few months ago I wanted to end myself. I went to an institution and got help. I'm not at 100% but Faith helps. And this chorus oh this chorus. I love it so much and it gives me hope.
I like to come back to this song every now and then. Despite knowing the lyrics, it always feels like the first time I listen to it. It’s a unique feeling for me.
This is my favourite music video EVER.
Is this song on Amazon Music? I can't find it anywhere.
"oh my god I will hold my tongue and I'll breathe easily, if anyone could say with any sort of certainty that there is is omething to believe" hits so hard I'm an atheist and that sometimes hurts. People talk to me about the afterlife and there I am, with the existential dread of feeling that there's nothing after. I really wish I had that, to feel better about this
Just amazing
I always blast this song to remind me of one of my most closest and cherished friends who was taken far too early by the hands of a murderer. RIP Cody I love you forever.
I think song is about agnosticism
Does anyone know where you can get this version?
By far the most inspirational song for half my life.
This song is way too underrated.
I did a paper on this song. Considering they referenced Camus in other songs, it seems to me that this song is somewhat about Absurdism. Pretty interesting concept
2021 anyone?
2022 baybeeee
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So for the third time I have come across another version of one of my favourite songs, can't believe I never heard this, it's so funny knowing every lyric when the song is layed out a little differently.
Thank you for sending this song to me, Tyler. Could not believe my last goodbye to you was yesterday. I hope you are at peace... Thank you for helping me fight for my life and through the blood, sweat and tears. Thinking of you... x
I hope youre still here <3
do you ever just slip out of reality 3:11
Why isn't this on Spotify -_- FML
Not sure if you got your answer but if you still need to know, you can blame Victory Records for that I think
rest in peace.
I just realized something. The photographer bought the camera after coming home from the war, everything up until that point showed a broken man until that moment when he first saw the camera in the shop and just used it to take simple picture, it was something that brought him out of the war and back to enjoying life; yet sometime down the road he became a crime scene photographer, the hobby that took his mind off his days of violence just brought him right back to it.
And he stepped into traffic to kill himself but his buddy he served with pulled him to safety and was there to talk with him all night at the cafe to make sure he was safe. So much in this video, the premise would make an incredible movie. The importance of friends and community to our mental health, the importance of love and support. This video makes me cry every time
@@Scam_Likely. i don't really see war here. I see a girl who died, possibly from a car crash or something, and a photographer who witnessed it, possibly accidentally. I'm not even really sure he witnessed it, it could be that the girl was photographed and then appeared in a newspaper headline or something. Either way, the man clearly doesn't take the reminder of his own mortality well and has a panic attack, eventually finding his way into the street. To me, the art implies that he didn't really intend on going into the street, he just had a panic attack and wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings. Fortunately, a friend or acquaintance of some kind saves him from getting run over. I don't see the photographer as being ill or suffering PTSD from a war or anything, just not able to come to terms with the memento mori of the girl's death. As for the people with fingers extended out around their ears? I'm not entirely sure. Maybe a look at how he envisions the afterlife or people who have accepted death or crowds who aren't listening to him. I don't see a clear answer but they don't appear like soldiers or like ill people or hospital workers or anything, so I don't think they point to war or disease any more than anything else.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Did you miss the whole sequence at 4:04 that clearly shows him and his friend as soldiers during what looks like WWI and him return home injured, sitting in bed with a cigarette and several bottle on the table next to him? PTSD is obviously a big thing here.
Ive noticed the “nothing saves you forever” is a big theme in a lot of Scott Bensons stuff
2019?
Beautiful music. Beautiful lyrics. Fuck Victory.
This reminds me of a Camus quote: "Shall I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?"
Cake or death?
I think that's from Hume.
I don’t know where the sun goes every night, every night Or where the moon goes when it’s light, when it’s light I don’t mind, as long as it’s there in time Oh as long as they’re there in time I won't mind, I won't mind, I won't mind No one knows where the soul goes when we die, when we die Some say to nowhere some will say the sky, to the sky It’s all the same, and surely some will find it strange But I prefer the mystery remains Unexplained, unexplained, unexplained [Chorus] Oh my God I will hold my tongue and I’ll breathe Easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty That there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made And I don't care if the ship sinks, and we drown, we can drown Or if the plane crashes straight into the ground, to the ground As long as I Had a chance to close my eyes Had a moment to realize That it was time, it was time, it was time [Chorus] Oh my God I will hold my tongue and I’ll breathe, easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty that there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made Who would’ve thought, we’d fought so long, we started to see Our enemies turned into friends, our friends to enemies and we sat somewhere in the between But I heard someone say they knew that someday that everything would fall into its place And everything would be fine And I really truly honestly without a doubt want to believe that everything will be alright [Chorus] Oh my God I will, hold my tongue and I’ll breathe easily If anyone can say with any sort of certainty that there is something to believe Did you ever think that we’d be three steps from the ledge? Contemplating awful things and thinking about the end Nobody mentioned that the pieces wouldn’t fit You could rearrange them all you want but the puzzle it was rigged We swore we’d never stray Right before we went our separate ways And now we’re looking back, we’re second guessing all the choices that we made
man when i first listened to it i never thought of the lyrics because it was the streetlight version i just vibing but after hearing and reading the lyrics its a pretty depressing song
This song came out at a time in my life where I really needed it. I would listen to it on repeat, over and over again for months. 5 years later, this song still hits me so hard. Thank you
Same here dude. And though certain lyrics don't resonate like they did anymore, the song still represents that time. What a wonderful song
This may be the most amazing music video ever
I knew this sons through Streetlight Manifesto. I fu**** love it!
AMAZING
Wow.
Still my absolute favorite music video.
Andrew Lawson the animator actually made a game a while ago
This is amazing.
keep calm and fuck victory records.
I lost track of myself and I found myself again with this song and all of Tomas' music.
The aesthetics to this music video are just spot on. The colours and the contrasts are fantastic. The art style is beautifully original, and it just works with the song so well. Just on a visual level.
Jake Ratcliff imposter
@@scottratcliffe2958 fight fight fight!!
Wait until you hear the animator made an entire game in this style
@@theoscout9205 And that game hits exactly the same beats this video hits also, it's like a perfect translation from music video to game almost.
WHY ISN'T THIS SONG ON SPOTIFY I HATE THE WORLD
+snowballcupcake Because Victory Records.
+snowballcupcake they said if they're library isn't returned, they will begin laying off bands from their label
+snowballcupcake fuck victory records
fuck victory records, don't even capitalize their name
this album is the greatest piece of music ever created
The first time I saw this I thought the shadow with the red particle's was the dead girl, but after a few watches I've realized that it was the photographer. He was haunted by the image of the dead girl, and the inevitability of his own death. He's sick. He doesn't have long. One day he doubles over outside his regular diner, his life flashes before his eyes. He stands at deaths door. But it's not his time. His eyes open and he starts stumbles forward, but his friend catches him before he's hit by the car. They go back to coffee like nothing happened. I fucking love this video
I don't see him as sick. I see him as unable to come to terms with his own mortality. I see his stumbling more as a mental thing rather than a physical one due to illness.
Very few artists move me like Tomas's music. Life is short, live it while it's good. It's a beautiful serenade of life.
Here's to life.
A life of which we all dream
this was animated by the night in the woods artist, right?
Yes.
The game is good.
RIP
@@kezianaomi1839 rip?
@@TweEkc Alec Holowka, a Night in the Woods developer died last month. But it was Scott Benson, a different NITW designer who did the animation here.
The most gentle music I've ever heard.
Brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful song.
Blasting it on my speakers run, haha.
Fuck Victory.
"ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without god and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful." ~ Camus
"Shall I kill myself or just have a cup of coffee" ~ Albert Camus
David Jones I was just quoting Camus as I thought it was fitting, I don't have that thought haha
David Jones but thank you for the long detailed answer
@David Jones Very well said.